StorySeekers

Derived from research at museums and historical societies all over the north San Diego County inland area, the 39 stories in Valleys of Dreams cover 12 different communities. People profiled include Dr. John Larzalere, who practiced medicine in Escondido for almost 50 years, and Vital Reche, the man who gave Fallbrook its name. Readers can learn about places like Vista’s Rancho Minerva and events like the coming of the railroad to San Marcos, which was actually the coming of San Marcos to the railroad. (You’ll have to read the book to see exactly what that means.)

 Together these stories trace the history of the region from a sparsely populated area where livestock outnumbered humans to today’s burgeoning urban landscape of homes and shopping centers.

$20.00, 162 pages, soft cover, fully illustrated and indexed.

ISBN 978-0-9822671-3-4 

The history of San Diego County includes accounts of numerous towns and villages which no longer physically exist as separate entities.

Communities like Bernardo, Merton and Stowe disappeared decades ago. Their existence is beyond the living memory of most county residents today. Yet these places once bustled with life. Each town boasted its own school, general store and blacksmith shop. Many were stagecoach and railroad stops. Some were market towns for farmers and ranchers in the surrounding valleys. I call these “lost towns” the ancestors of today’s San Diego County cities and neighborhoods.

This book will take a closer look at three of these lost towns:
Bernardo, Merton and Stowe.

$15.00 tax included, 64 pages, soft cover, fully illustrated and indexed.

ISBN 978-1-7336577-0-9

From 1951 to 1971, a United States government laboratory in Corona, California gathered some of the most brilliant scientists and engineers in the nation in service to the national defense. While reinventing military technology, including the development of the first guided missiles in the U.S. arsenal, these dedicated men and women also laid the foundation for the digital revolution that continues to transform America and the world today. This book draws from the personal recollections of scientists who were there as well as official government sources to tell their story.

$20.00 tax included, 102 pages, soft cover, fully illustrated and indexed.

ISBN 978-1-7336577-5-4